After work, I went on a hunt to find a tailshaft for the conversion, My friend gave me a lead to a place in Villawood that had an Evolution Gold NB8A sitting there, So I gave them a call to see if they had what I needed.

And thankfully, they did so off I went to get the manual tailshaft.

Arriving to Dahtone Racing with the newly acquired tailshaft, I saw the MX sitting on the hoist, with the automatic gearbox ripped out of it, words really couldn’t describe how i felt at the time. It’s finally happening!

As you can see, the exhaust, PPF, transmission, tailshaft and Diff have been removed, The diff will be stripped tomorrow and Adan will lock it permanently.

This picture is the last time the Automatic will be next to the differential.

Well as some may know, I have recently sold my Nissan Micra to a friend of mine, however the Micra will be in my possession for a few more weeks, so while I still have the oppurtunity to drive the Micra around I figured there wouldn’t be a better time to get the MX-5 back on the road.

I decided to take the MX down to Anthony at Dahtone Racing, he is a very good mechanic, and is pretty much the only person I trust with my cars.

We have decided to finally finish the manual conversion, removing power steering, modify the diff, and complete the wire tuck on the engine bay, along with other various little bits and pieces.

I am still searching for last-minute parts, as I didn’t expect for this to happen so soon.

You see, I actually took the micra of the market, but my mate offered me pretty good coin for it, and i will still have it until the Mazda is back on the road, I couldn’t resist, and here we are.

The Roadster is currently resting at Dahtone, and work will commence on monday the 1st.

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